I saved the rest for you

In an effort to get people to lookinto each other's eyes more,the government has decided to alloteach person exactly one hundredand sixty-seven words, per dayWhen the phone rings, I put itto my ear without saying hello.In the restaurant I pointat chicken noodle soup. I amadjusting well to the new wayLate at night, I call my long-distance lover and proudly say:I only used up fifty-nine today.I saved the rest for you.When she doesn't respond, I knowshe's used up all her words,so I slowly whisper I love youthirty-two and a third times.After that, we just sit on the lineand listen to each other breathe